Post by ini on Jan 11, 2009 8:23:23 GMT -5
Government: solution provider or Problem Maker
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity
is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself
up by the handle. ~ Winston Churchill
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul. ~ George Bernard Shaw
A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow
man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
~ G. Gordon Liddy
Democracy must be something more than two wolves
and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
~ James Bovard (1994)
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from
poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
~ Douglas Casey
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
~ Frederic Bastiat, Economist (1801-1850)
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money
as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
~ Voltaire (1764)
Government' s view of the economy could be summed up
in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving,
regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
~ Ronald Reagan (1986)
I don't make jokes... I just watch the government
and report the facts. ~ Will Rogers
If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed;
if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
~ Mark Twain
If you think health care is expensive now,
wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
~ P.J. O'Rourke
Just because you do not take an interest in politics
doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!
~ Pericles (430 B.C.)
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe,
while the legislature is in session. ~ Mark Twain (1866)
Talk is cheap – except when Congress does it. ~ Unknown
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal: a happy
appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
~ Ronald Reagan
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of
the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is
the equal sharing of misery. ~ Winston Churchill
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist
is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. ~ Mark Twain
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly
is to fill the world with fools.
~ Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
There is no distinctly Native American criminal class
... save Congress. ~ Mark Twain
Giving money and power to government is like
giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
~ P.J. O'Rourke
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
AND THE BEST is ....
A government big enough to give you everything you want,
is strong enough to take everything you have.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Government: solution provider or problem maker ? ... LOLOL ... Even !! ;D
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity
is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself
up by the handle. ~ Winston Churchill
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul. ~ George Bernard Shaw
A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow
man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
~ G. Gordon Liddy
Democracy must be something more than two wolves
and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
~ James Bovard (1994)
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from
poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
~ Douglas Casey
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
~ Frederic Bastiat, Economist (1801-1850)
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money
as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
~ Voltaire (1764)
Government' s view of the economy could be summed up
in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving,
regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
~ Ronald Reagan (1986)
I don't make jokes... I just watch the government
and report the facts. ~ Will Rogers
If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed;
if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
~ Mark Twain
If you think health care is expensive now,
wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
~ P.J. O'Rourke
Just because you do not take an interest in politics
doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!
~ Pericles (430 B.C.)
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe,
while the legislature is in session. ~ Mark Twain (1866)
Talk is cheap – except when Congress does it. ~ Unknown
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal: a happy
appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
~ Ronald Reagan
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of
the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is
the equal sharing of misery. ~ Winston Churchill
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist
is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. ~ Mark Twain
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly
is to fill the world with fools.
~ Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
There is no distinctly Native American criminal class
... save Congress. ~ Mark Twain
Giving money and power to government is like
giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
~ P.J. O'Rourke
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
AND THE BEST is ....
A government big enough to give you everything you want,
is strong enough to take everything you have.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Government: solution provider or problem maker ? ... LOLOL ... Even !! ;D
